Articles Tagged AFSCME

In our legislature in Austin, things seem to be moving forward for a pay raise for TDCJ correctional officers. We checked in with local AFSCME correctional officer union leader Lance Lowry, and he says, “The…

A report now out from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Texas Civil Rights Project says TDCJ overuses solitary confinement to the detriment of taxpayers, correctional officers, Texas communities and the prisoners whose mental…

In the future, decades from today, current talk is that the state pension system may face a multi-billion dollar shortfall. Officials forecast the pension system, which serves state workers outside higher education and election officials,…

Thursday morning, local AFSCME correctional employees union President Lance Lowry held a press conference in Austin along with the Texas Civil Rights Project Group in regard to lack of climate control or air conditioning in…